NYTimes: email from Israel
Grlygrl201@aol.com
Grlygrl201@aol.com
Tue, 2 Oct 2001 11:31:43 EDT
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In a message dated 10/2/01 2:30:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
deafbox@hotmail.com writes:
> The answer is: it should
> be neither. Land shouldn't be Muslim or Jewish.
> Governments shouldn't be Muslim or Jewish. People
> should be whichever they choose to be.
>
>
more shoulds per square inch between you and jeff, and no demonstrable
understanding of what being a jew means to a jew. judaism is not something
they tack on after your nationality, as a subset. it is genetic, passed down
thru the mother. it is a belief in being the, not a, chosen people (why else
would physiological heritage matter?).
i know exactly where you've drawn your line: fine and well, you say, but why
do we have to (literally) buy into their beliefs? because they won't change
them, we do what is pragmatic: nation build.
(just slipped on wet tile and hyperflexed my knee - i'm sure i've either torn
or stretched the medial meniscus or bruised a bone. owie and fuck.)
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 10/2/01 2:30:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, deafbox@hotmail.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">The answer is: it should
<BR>be neither. Land shouldn't be Muslim or Jewish.
<BR>Governments shouldn't be Muslim or Jewish. People
<BR>should be whichever they choose to be.
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<BR>more shoulds per square inch between you and jeff, and no demonstrable understanding of what being a jew means to a jew. judaism is not something they tack on after your nationality, as a subset. it is genetic, passed down thru the mother. it is a belief in being the, not a, chosen people (why else would physiological heritage matter?).
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<BR>i know exactly where you've drawn your line: fine and well, you say, but why do we have to (literally) buy into their beliefs? because they won't change them, we do what is pragmatic: nation build.
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<BR>(just slipped on wet tile and hyperflexed my knee - i'm sure i've either torn or stretched the medial meniscus or bruised a bone. owie and fuck.)</FONT></HTML>
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